Lot 228
  • 228

Antoine Victor Edmond Joinville, French 1801-1849

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Antoine Victor Edmond Joinville
  • danse au harem; le repos de courtisanes
  • a pair, both signed
  • oil on panel
  • each 26.5x35cm.; 10½x13¾in.

Condition

Both panels are generally sound. There is a faint line of cracking underneath the pigment towards the upper edge of 'Danse ua Harem' and some specs of paint loss towards the right edge. Tthere is some surface dirt to both. Otherwise both in good overall condition. Ultra violet light reveals some retouching to 'Danse au Harem'. Both held in decorative gold and black painted frames.
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